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Americans throw away 50,000 mattresses daily; Oregon recovered 5.9 million pounds of recyclable items in one yearOregon initiated a statewide mattress recycling programme to reduce landfill waste and illegal dumping. In its first year, over 134,000 mat...- The world sent Chile nearly 60,000 tons of used clothes a year; what could not be sold formed a desert mountain visible from spaceVast clothing dumps in Chile's Atacama Desert highlight fast fashion's global impact. Thousands of tons of discarded garments arrive annual...
- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw shares drone cleaning video, asks startups: 'Where's your innovation?'Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon founder, sparked debate by questioning startup innovation. She shared a video of a drone cleaning windows in Be...
- PETA India writes to PMO, flags proposal to confine stray dogs for lifePETA India has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reject proposals for lifelong animal confinement, advocating for humane and science-ba...
- Driving the Circular economy: Role of AI and emerging technologiesArtificial intelligence is revolutionizing waste management. AI-powered robots sort waste with high accuracy, improving recycling. Predicti...
- Poor Delhi AQI not due to stubble burning this time: Check what’s fueling toxic air in the national capitalDelhi AQI News: Open fires inside Delhi. from garbage and biomass to routine cooking and heating, now play a bigger role in its particulate...
- China’s Temu and Shein want to crack Europe, but the US is too big to quitDespite increased prices and some sales declines in the US, the complexity and regulatory hurdles in Europe are making the US market more a...
- Section 6A of Citizenship Act: Origin, issue, SC verdict explainedThe Supreme Court validated Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955. This section concerns citizenship under the 1985 Assam Accord. Migrants...
- Conflict pollution, washed-up landmines and military emissions - here's how war trashes the environmentArmed conflicts not only result in human suffering but also cause significant environmental damage. Artillery strikes, rockets, and landmin...
- How an analytics firm is using ‘eyes in the sky’ to tackle property tax evasionA Pune-based analytics firm is using GIS data and AI to identify illegal properties and dumping grounds. It also uses satellite imagery to ...
- The world's 2-billion-ton trash problem just got more alarmingThe dumping of rich countries’ unwanted waste has fuelled a media storm the world over.
- Stocks plummet amidst fear of trade war; White House says no going back on ChinaChina has vowed to take "comprehensive countermeasures" and fight "at any cost" Trump's directive.
- Bengaluru needs a long-term overhaul to save itself from floodsSixteen persons have died in rain related incidents since May . Five of them were washed away on the night of Oct 13 alone. In the 60 days,...
- Haryana elections: AAP to play political referee, prepares yardsticks to measure candidatesThe draft of the yardsticks contains a list of negative factors to help people reject a candidate and a second list to help voters identify...
- Sesa Sterlite hopes to produce 90% of annual iron ore capacity in Goa in FY15Close on heels of the SC lifting the mining ban in Goa, Sesa Sterlite has said it expects to resume mining soon and ramp up production to a...
- Good agriculture practices can control environment degradationProf Raviprakash Dani, the vice chancellor of Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth stressed on good agriculture practices to prevent enviro...
- Subash Menon’s Kivar Environ bets big on municipal solid waste management and city sanitationAfter two decades of being the flag bearer of the Indian product story, Menon recently resigned as the chief executive of Subex and decided...
- EC proposal to legalise ship exports to Asia faces oppositionInstead of dumping ships abroad, the Commission has been told to respect its own laws and create good shipyard jobs at home.
- Wealth from wasteWastepickers from 40 countries (including two from India) converged for a conference in Bogota, Colombia a while ago.
- India Inc is waking up to e-waste managementndia’s booming mobile, PC and TV sales is forcing the country to address an issue that has long been dismissed an a concern of developed we...
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